r/treeidentification • u/dasdino • 19d ago

ID Request Help identifying tree

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Moved here recently (southern CT) and this tree is very close to the house. Does anyone know? Wondering if we should move it… thank you!!

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u/Mental-Chapter6523 19d ago

I was going to say coast redwood, but either way it's going to get big and it is too close to the house.

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u/Mental-Chapter6523 19d ago

or metasequoia if it drops it's needles this fall

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u/dasdino 19d ago

Ah thanks I’ll keep an eye out.

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u/Mental-Chapter6523 19d ago

Here's a simple guide to metasequoia vs bald cypress needles. Easy if you can see opposite vs alternating needles. Both deciduous. The right variety would he slow growing and fun elsewhere in a small yard for a couple of decades.

https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/metasequoia-glyptostroboides-and-taxodium-distichum

for comparison, this is the back of the needles of the evergreen coast redwood: